The Hydrometeorological
Prediction Center begins tracking and issuing storm summaries for tropical
systems when they make landfall and the National
Hurricane Center (NHC) relinquishes control. This page will give HPC
positions and storm summaries from the storms that the HPC had taken responsibility
for tropical season. The storms will be referred to by the intensity they
had when the HPC took responsibility. The HPC also serves as the the back-up
for the NHC.